I think a Donald Trump presidency raises a new kind of version of conservatism which more closely resembles a kind of Father Coughlin, America first populism and nativism and isolationism, than the confident, modern, cosmopolitan, thoughtful, engaged conservatism of Ronald… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
“Populism is not conservatism, which by definition entails resistance to public whims. Conservatives who seek to use populism for their own ends inevitably make a Faustian bargain. We are now living with the consequences of that bargain in the form… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
Listen carefully to the global warming alarmists, and the main theme that emerges is that what the developed world needs is a large dose… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
'Democratic socialism' is awful as a slogan and catastrophic as a policy. And 'social democracy' - a term that better fits the belief of… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
When you work at 'The Wall Street Journal,' the coins of the realm are truth and trust - the latter flowing exclusively from the… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
No adviser to a president is going to get his way all of the time, but at a minimum, that adviser should be able… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
Every president inherits a mixed bag when he comes to office, and Obama's was hardly the worst. — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
There was a time when the conservative movement was led by the likes of Bill Buckley and Irving Kristol and Bob Bartley, men of… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
We elected Donald J. Trump to keep us jittery and entertained. He's delivered. — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
The United States survives so long as at least one of its major parties is politically and intellectually healthy. — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
Censoriously asserting one's moral superiority and treating skeptics as imbeciles and deplorables wins few converts. — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
What is absolutely clear is that if Trump is the nominee, Republicans cannot win. Maybe they can't win with Rubio or Cruz or Kasich.… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
Everything Republicans once claimed to advocate - entitlement reform, free trade, standing up to dictators, encouraging the march of freedom around the world -… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
The best scientific evidence suggests temperatures are rising, and the best scientific evidence suggests man-made anthropogenic carbon emissions have some substantial thing to do… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
The intelligent defense of free speech should not rest on the notion that we must tolerate every form of speech, no matter how offensive.… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
When George W. Bush decided to save the American position in Iraq by going against the advice of all of his wise men, of… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
